Over the past two years, California has laid the foundation for a robust K-12 computer science (CS) education for California students. This includes adopting curriculum standards, approving an implementation plan, and securing funding for a statewide coordinator. Despite this progress, the adoption of computer science curriculum and courses remains voluntary…
Impact. At the end of the day, as individuals and as employers, most of us want to make a positive impact in our communities and for needy families. In Silicon Valley, we see this every day through employers large and small, whether high-tech, low-tech or no-tech. It is in our…
How many of us have kids? Do you find it somewhat ironic that we are raising kids in a region in which most of them will not be able to afford to live in? Our housing crisis has been decades in the making. In fact, it was 1989 that California…
As we celebrate the 15th year of trotting, we asked the founder, a volunteer, beneficiaries and a long-time runner what the Applied Materials "Silicon Valley Turkey Trot" means to them. Here's what they said... Carl Guardino Silicon Valley Leadership Group, CEO and President (& race founder) “Build Community. Help families…
At the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, we focus on three principles to guide our work to enhance our impact: We set ambitious, even audacious, stretch goals; we work to build bridges, to bring people and communities together; and we never forget those less fortunate than we are, knowing as we…
The Business of Building Community: The Leadership Group’s new blog series is dedicated to the community and how we, and our member companies, are serving it for the better. More than one million Californians do not have access to clean water for bathing, drinking, and other basic needs. Instead, our…
Invest in Change My personal motto is "invest in the change you want to see in the world." To be frank, it sprouted out of my frustration with the endless griping I found myself surrounded by back in 2009, when I was president of a global network for women and…
When Faced With Times Like These, Turn to Impact Investing At present, in a time when truth and transparency seem ever elusive, when divisiveness appears a way of life, and social and environmental threats loom large, a bright spot has emerged. That bright spot - Impact Investing - curates both…
Inclusion, Innovation, Infrastructure, Imagination For generations, America's leadership, strength and entrepreneurial spirit have been the envy of the world. Through investments in our children and their education, in cutting-edge infrastructure, and in life-saving science and transformational technology, we built an economy, and a middle class, that were second to none.…
The Future Workforce in the World of Al The explosion of data in recent years has raised a number of ethical issues, from personal privacy to the integrity of our information architecture. The continued advancements in machine learning (and eventually artificial intelligence), fueled by this wealth of data, raises even…